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THE GHOST IN THE SHELL

“The aggressive unit "Shell Squad", led by the full-body cyborg Motoko Kusanagi.”

8.2 / 10 · 61 votes

TV-MA

2026

~25 min / ep

1 season

10 episodes

AnimationAction & AdventureSci-Fi & Fantasy

2029, a near-future Japan. The full cyborg Motoko Kusanagi envisions a task force that preemptively strikes emerging threats. She and her team are scouted by Daisuke Aramaki as Public Security Section 9, AKA the "Shell Squad." An international conspiracy hints at a hacker known as The "Puppet Master." What fate awaits Kusanagi? What is the hacker's endgame?

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Cast

Maaya Sakamoto

Hiroki Yasumoto

Yuichi Nakamura

Kazuhiro Yamaji

Kousuke Goto

Toru Nara

Marie Oi

Tomoko Kaneda

Himari Fujii

Miyu Amano

Cheryl Ng

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Seasons

In the year 2029, Niihama City has become a technologically advanced metropolis. Due to great improvements in cybernetics, its citizens are able to replace their limbs with robotic parts. The world is now more interconnected than ever before, and the city's Public Security Section 9 is responsible for combating corruption, terrorism, and other dangerous threats following this shift toward globalisation.

1.EPISODE 01: PROLOGUE + SUPER SPARTAN i
7.1
07-07-202625 min
During a raid on a meeting with a foreign representative that he suspects involves corruption and criminal activity, Public Security's Daisuke Aramaki encounters a mysterious cybor...
2.EPISODE 02: SUPER SPARTAN ii + JUNK JUNGLE i
7.1
14-07-202625 min
Kusanagi and her team begin operating as the Shell Squad after being scouted by Aramaki. At some point, the cyberbrain of the Foreign Minister's interpreter was infected by a virus...
3.EPISODE 03: JUNK JUNGLE ii + MEGATECH MACHINE i + ii
7.1
21-07-202625 min
Kusanagi and Togusa take their suspect into custody after a furious chase in their Fuchikomas. Elsewhere, Aramaki and Batou are staking out Col. Malles when he is paid a visit by s...
4.EPISODE 04: ROBOT RONDO
6.2
28-07-202625 min
There has been a rash of attacks against humans by promotional sample robots. Kusanagi's team rounds up robots of that same model line, and they learn that they all share a common...
5.EPISODE 05: PHANTOM FUND
7.3
04-08-202625 min
Kusanagi and the team go to the Far North to surveil a combat cyborg named Koil Krasnov. To determine what Koil is after and uncover corruption behind the expansion of Sagawa Elect...
6.EPISODE 06: DUMB BARTER
7.2
11-08-202625 min
Kusanagi and her boyfriend are rushed to the hospital after being attacked without warning. They suspect Toru Soma, a terrorist that Kusanagi has a history with. Kusanagi and Togus...
7.EPISODE 07: BYE BYE CLAY
7.0
18-08-202625 min
A robot flees from Megatech Body Co., Ltd. Section 9 takes it into custody, only to find that the Puppet Master is inside it. The Puppet Master announces to Aramaki's team that it...
8.EPISODE 08: INTERMISSION + BRAIN DRAIN i
6.8
25-08-202625 min
Kusanagi regains consciousness after a brain-dive into the Puppet Master. Although they now know the truth behind what happened, Kusanagi keeps sensing the Puppet Master's presence...
9.EPISODE 09: BRAIN DRAIN ii
6.8
01-09-202625 min
Footage of the incident is leaked to the media by some unknown party, and Kusanagi is accused of murdering the terrorist in cold blood. Kusanagi, suspecting that the Ghorantl intel...
10.EPISODE 10: BRAIN DRAIN iii + GHOST COAST + EPILOGUE
8.2
08-09-202625 min
Kusanagi loses her prosthetic body when it is gunned down, and she flees the scene with Batou as a disembodied brain. They go to Batou's safehouse to get her a new body, but she is...